Blind News Digest # 1180
Bill McGarry
Issue # 1180
Monday, November 13, 1995
Today's Topics:
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Rep : Screen Readers (Peter Benson)
GEB Online
Blind Chess and Net Browser
Re: Screen enlargers for Chinese
Re: WordPerfect Tutorials
Large Print of Kanji Dictionary
Re: Talking/Braille Compas needed
Radio for the blind
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Subject: Rep : Screen Readers (Peter Benson)
From: dz...@upatras.gr
Organization: University of Patras, Greece
I think that you should download from Simtel /msdos/handicap the
file flip306d.zip (or whatever is the current version) and try to
contact the author of the program. The program is for DOS not
Windows.
Dimitris Zois
Note from Bill McGarry: A newer version of flipper is available
from disability.olivetti.com in the /pub/speech directory as
flip422.zip
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Subject: GEB Online
From: jd...@cloud9.net (Jeffrey Dunn)
Hello:
My name is Jeffrey Dunn, and I am the volunteer internet services
coordenator for Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a non-profit provider of
professionally trained guide dogs for the blind, deaf blind, and blind
with special needs community throughout the U.S..
I have developed many resources through the internet to facilitate
student / school communications, and communications with the public at large.
Our growing web site at: http://www.cloud9.net/~jdunn/gebhome.html
provide extensive information about GEB and its guide dogs.
Could you possibly add us to your links or hot list? As our site grows
it will feature multimedia tours and presentations on GEB and its services.
I believe that our site can offer a wealth of knowledge to both the
greater blind community in your area, as well as the general public.
I look forward to corresponding with you further on this matter.
Kind regards
Jeffrey Dunn
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Subject: Blind Chess and Net Browser
From: toms...@usaor.net (Tom Sherry)
Organization: USA On Ramp
Can someone help me find a text based chess program that can be used with a
refresable Braille display? I also need a web browser that will work under
the same circumstances.
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Subject: Re: Screen enlargers for Chinese
From: ks1...@hntp2.hinet.net (Keith Speers)
Organization: HiNet
I am writing software to help C.P. children use computers in Chinese.
Unfortnately, the DOS Chinese software works in graphic mode while
pretending to be in text mode. This means that all of the screen
enlargers I have tested don't magnify correctly. Can anyone help?
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Subject: Re: WordPerfect Tutorials
From: ga...@sasquatch.com (Gary Peterson)
On Fri, 3 Nov -1, Peter Duran wrote:
> Braille Research & Literacy, Inc. writes and distributes tutorials for
> blind users. A tutorial for WordPerfect 5.0/5.1 and for WordPerfect
> 6.0/6.1 are available in braille, in large print, and on cassette tape.
Will these be avalable on computer disk in the future?
Thanks-Gary Peterson
> email for details.
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Subject: Large Print of Kanji Dictionary
From: iw...@masamune.dais.is.tohoku.ac.jp (Iwao KOBAYASHI)
Organization: Graduate School of Information Sciences,Tohoku University, Sendai
Dear Karen Deweeger,
If you want some info on Kanji Dictionary, please let me know.
I'll be able to research it in my counrty.
Thanks.
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Subject: Re: Talking/Braille Compas needed
From: patri...@aol.com (PatrickS10)
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
I have a Braille compass made by Silva. Any store which carries that
brand/manufacturer ought to be able to order one.
You might check R.E.I. if they have a store near you. It was at one time
also available from the Boy Scouts of America under their catalog number
1073.
- Patrick Skelly <Patri...@AOL.com> 95-11-12
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Subject: Radio for the blind
From: Jason....@opticlink.octacon.co.uk (Jason Edwards)
Organization: EUnet-GB distributed news service, +44 227 266466
I an curently conducting a school project on a radio specifically
designed for the visually impaired, but I'm having problems finding
information, so any pointers would be appreciated !
Thanks
J. C Edwards
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End of Issue # 1180 of the Blind News Digest
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